CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The ability to identify objects or events that have been encountered before; EASIEST OF MEMORY TASKS. EXAMPLE: Multiple Choice, true/false items on a test. Ability to retrieve information from memory with a few or no cues; usually yields lower amount of recognition.

Detailed explanation-2: -you would use a process of recall to retrieve the right answer from your memory. Recognition is easier than recall because it involves more cues: all those cues spread activation to related information in memory, raise the answer’s activation, and make you more likely to pick it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Psychologists distinguish between three necessary stages in the learning and memory process: encoding, storage, and retrieval (Melton, 1963). Encoding is defined as the initial learning of information; storage refers to maintaining information over time; retrieval is the ability to access information when you need it.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the most widely studied examples of declarative memory is recognition-the ability to judge a recently encountered item as having been presented previously.